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[–] crispbacon99@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not disregarding his shitcoin but calling hunter biden a politician is a bit of a reach

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't think its that much of a reach, sure he's never been elected to public office, but he spent almost a decade as a lobbyist(and in the US lobbyists can often have more influence on government policy than the politicians they lobby, and certainly provably more than the general public) in DC https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/hunter-biden-comprehensive-timeline/ so at the minimum he's 'In Politics'

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Same as Jared Kushner. Unelected politicians.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not a politician but definitely part of the political class

[–] crispbacon99@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

But conflating them to be the same as trump or every other member of his family is laughable. They literally had Jared Kushner making deals (supposedly) to end the war with Ukraine

[–] nixfreak@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Doesn’t this belong in #noshit , #duh

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

the true #noshit moment will hit if they manufacture a crisis -- again -- to force us to use a digital currency.

i can see something like nationwide bank freezes happening -- the economy has been gutted by the lack of oil from iran, saudi arabia, uae, etc. -- and the federal government offering immediate relief in the form of digital currency so people can keep a roof over their heads and food on the table while the banks have frozen or limited access to their accounts to prevent another great depression style bank run.

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

People who are dumb enough to put their money in meme coins deserve the losses.